Hand-card



(No Model.)

' G. I. HAEBERLE.

HAND CARD.

No. 422,772. Patented Mar. 4, 1890.

' embodying this invention, and Fig. 2 an end UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

GEORGE I. IAIAEBERLE, OF LAIVRENOE, MASSACHUSETTS.

HAND-CARD.

SECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 422,772, dated March 4, 1890.

Application filed October l0, 1889. Serial No. 326,581. (No model.)

To all whom. it may concern: l

Be it known that I, GEORGE i. HAEBERLE, of Lawrence, county of Essex, State of Massa` chusetts, have invented an Improvement in Hand-Cards, of which the following description, in connection With the accompanying drawings, is a speciiication, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

Hand-cards have heretofore been made by tackin g a card-clothing to a piece of wood; but in practice the card-clothing soon works loose or stretches, to the injury ot the card.

This invention has for its object to provide a hand-card in which the card-clothing may be applied or removed readily, so that any slack in the card may be taken up and the card be kept in the best working condition.

I have invented means for attaching the toothed face to the back plate, whereby it may be readily applied and removed. w

Figure I shows in plan View a handeard view of the hand-ca`rd shown in Fig. l.

The back plate a, preferably of sheet metal, has attached to it ahandleb. Aseries of teeth c are formed upon or arranged on one edge of the back plate a.. A metal plate or strip d, having teeth e, is pivotally connected with the opposite edge of the back plate a. The said plate or strip may extend the entire length of the back. plate,or it maybe composed of two or more sections, as herein represented, two sections being employed. The card-clothin g is formed at or near each edge with a series of holes to receive the series of teeth ce. One or more catches g, shown as yielding arms, two being herein shown, are attached to and rise from the back plate a., said arm or arms each having upon its under side a series of teeth g, preferably shaped as ratohet-teeth.

The card-clothing f having been applied to the teeth c e, the plate or strip d is turned on its point from the dotted to the full line position, causing its outer edge to pass under and engage the teeth g', of the catches g, and thereby hold the eardclothing properly stretched.

rIhe plate d may be moved more or less, as desired, to take up any slack that may exist or occur at any time,

The teeth c c afford a very cheap and ready means by which to apply the card-clothing.

The form or shape of the hand-card herein described `is of special value, as in practice it is less liable to destroy the card-clothing than any known to me.

I claim-- l. The back plate a, having a series of teeth at one edge, combined with the pivoted plate or strip d., attached to the opposite edge and having a series ot' teeth at or near one edge, the cardclothing f, provided with a series of holes near its edges engaged bythe said teeth, and means, as ratchet-teeth, for engaging and holding the free end of the plate d in adj usted position, substantially as described. I

2. The toothed back plate a, combined with the plate d,pivotal1yattach ed to one edge thereof, a yielding arm rising from said back plate and provided upon its under side with a series of ratchet-teeth for holding the pivoted plate in adj usted position, an d a card-clothing f, attached at one edge to said plate d, substantially as describedA In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two Lsubscribing witnesses.

GEORGE I. HAEBERLE. Witnesses: v

J EEEMIAH J. LooNEY, ADoLF P. VonHoLz. 

